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[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Retail sales picked up in February after growing by 0.8% compared with January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Growth, which beat analysts’ forecasts for a 0.4% rise, was driven by petrol, supermarkets and online shopping. ONS senior statistician, Rhian Murphy, said: “Store prices continue to rise across […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More than £400bn per year is sent home by migrant workers Migrants working abroad and sending back money is one of the biggest and often most overlooked forms of financial aid to poorer countries – often greater than formal overseas aid. The Pew Research group has estimated an […]

[ad_1] Annual house price growth slowed in the UK last month, according to the Nationwide building society. Prices grew at an annual rate of 2.2% in February, the lender said, down from January’s figure of 3.2%. The drop in the annual rate came as house prices fell by 0.3% in February compared with the month […]